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... beautiful ; " and the genius of Arnolpho , to whom the work was entrusted , was stimulated by the intimation that the State had determined that its contracts ought not to be undertaken , unless with the view of making the effect ...
... beautiful ; " and the genius of Arnolpho , to whom the work was entrusted , was stimulated by the intimation that the State had determined that its contracts ought not to be undertaken , unless with the view of making the effect ...
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... beautiful ladies of Florence ; of these the ninth , he tells us , was Beatrice , the thirtieth the wife of Lapo Gianni . " Who , " says Dionisi , § " can credit that of this number Beatrice alone represented * Vita Nuova , p . 53 ...
... beautiful ladies of Florence ; of these the ninth , he tells us , was Beatrice , the thirtieth the wife of Lapo Gianni . " Who , " says Dionisi , § " can credit that of this number Beatrice alone represented * Vita Nuova , p . 53 ...
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... beautiful and good , I cannot say Which name was fitter ; " CAREY . is one of those creations of excelling sweetness and purity , whose memory the Poet has embalmed in some of the most perfect passages in his inspired volume . They ...
... beautiful and good , I cannot say Which name was fitter ; " CAREY . is one of those creations of excelling sweetness and purity , whose memory the Poet has embalmed in some of the most perfect passages in his inspired volume . They ...
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... beautiful , that its contemplation will harass and fatigue him - will haunt him - granting no rest till he has bodied it forth in his own impe- rishable reproductions ; -till he has , Prometheus - like , encroached upon the prerogatives ...
... beautiful , that its contemplation will harass and fatigue him - will haunt him - granting no rest till he has bodied it forth in his own impe- rishable reproductions ; -till he has , Prometheus - like , encroached upon the prerogatives ...
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... beautiful , than fiction . What Art is to Nature , is Romance , to History . Novels or dramas , the contri- vance of mortal understanding , cannot rank by the side of the annals of mankind - the work of that supreme intelligence which ...
... beautiful , than fiction . What Art is to Nature , is Romance , to History . Novels or dramas , the contri- vance of mortal understanding , cannot rank by the side of the annals of mankind - the work of that supreme intelligence which ...
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Page 206 - Death closes all : but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with gods.
Page 206 - As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this grey spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Page 205 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd Greatly, have suffer'd greatly , both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro...
Page 26 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Page 205 - Vext the dim sea : I am become a name ; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments — Myself not least, but...
Page 24 - Nonne triumphales melius pexare capillos et patrio, redeam si quando, abscondere canos fronde sub inserta solitum flavescere Sarno...
Page 12 - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people ! How is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations, And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
Page 94 - Che dall' un lato tutti hanno la fronte Verso '1 castello, e vanno a santo Pietro : Dall' altra sponda vanno verso '1 monte.
Page 206 - Moans round with many voices. Come, my friends, 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.
Page 206 - Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads - you and I are old; Old age hath yet his...